A Day in the Life of the Coast Guard: Monday

As a unique force with both military and civil authorities, Coast Guard missions touch nearly every facet of the nation’s strategic maritime interests. Coast Guard authorities, people and assets are essential to national security and economic prosperity.

- facilitates movement of $8.7 billion worth of goods and commodities through the nation’s maritime transportation system

What does that really look like? We wanted you to be able to see for yourself, so we captured daily events during the month of February to show you what a typical week in the life of the service is like.

Take a look below, and follow along on the Compass Blog throughout this week.

Coast Guard Seaman Jennifer Haney, a crew member aboard a 27-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water from Station Yankeetown, Florida, searches for three people aboard a missing aircraft seven miles south of Cedar Key, Florida, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Coast Guard crews alongside partner agencies began searching for the people after a plane failed to arrive in Cedar Key en route from Brooksville, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Tappan)

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed in Cold Bay, Alaska, surveys the area around the fishing vessel Predator prior to hoisting three people off near Akutan Harbor, Alaska, Feb. 13, 2017. The Predator ran hard aground, causing it to take on water through an eight inch crack in the hull. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios)

The Coast Guard offloaded Feb. 27, 2017 approximately 4.2 tons of seized cocaine, worth an estimated $125 million in wholesale value, at Coast Guard Sector San Juan. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier seized the contraband and apprehended four Guyanese smugglers following the interdiction of the 70-foot fishing vessel, Lady Michelle, in international waters north of Paramaribo, Suriname Feb. 16, 2017. (Photo courtesy of D.E.A.)

Homecoming – Clearwater, Florida

Port Security Unit 307 members line up in formation during a homecoming ceremony after returning home from a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 27, 2017. While deployed, PSU 307 members performed duties in support of the Joint Task Force’s mission of ensuring the safe, humane, legal, and transparent care and custody of law of war detainees. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)

This article appears courtesy of the Coast Guard Compass blog. It has been edited for length, and may be found in its original form here.

The opinions expressed herein are the author's and not necessarily those of The Maritime Executive.